Federal government appeals judge's order to move detained Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to Vermont

The federal government is fighting a judge’s ruling that Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who wrote an essay about Israel and the war in Gaza and is fighting deportation, must be transferred back to an immigration facility in Vermont from Louisiana. 

The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed an appeal of the judge's order.

U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III ruled Friday that Öztürk, who is being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Louisiana, must be transferred to Vermont, where her habeas corpus petition was filed.

She would be allowed to remain the...
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